The Asmat culture – which developed for thousand of years in isolation before being discovered in the mid-20th century, and whose woodcarving traditions are now world-renowned – expresses its revered, centuries-old spiritual relationship between the living and their dead ancestors in rituals such as head-hunting and cannibalism.
When THE MAN WHO ATE MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER debuted in September, The New York Times selected the play as a “Critic’s Pick” and called it “smart and briskly entertaining,” praising the play’s “excellent cast.” Theater Online called the play “A rare thinking man’s comedy…a sophisticated script…expertly directed.” Backstage wrote, “Fornication can be hilarious…at least it is in THE MAN WHO ATE MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER.”
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